Proto-#Bond_age_ Vol. 1 seemed to be a smash success. Could Cary Grant, the man who turned down the role of Bond draw a bigger crowd to the weekly twatterfest than Bond himself? Mother and daughter co-hosts @MiddParent and @NitrateDiva test the theory with a lively Thanksgiving Eve presentation of Charade.
INITIATE THE CHARADE LIVE TWEET DIGEST
You might call tonight’s #Charade tweetalong a Thanksgiving family special since I’m co-hosting from the sofa with my mom, @MiddParent!
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
INITIATE MISSION #Charade
— Fussy (@MiddParent) November 28, 2013
INITIATE MISSION!!! #Charade
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
#Charade That’s almost never good. #fallingoutofatrain
— Kerry (@echidnabot) November 28, 2013
#Charade These are the stripiest credits I’ve seen in a while.
— Kerry (@echidnabot) November 28, 2013
Mancini score is always a good thing. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
Maurice Binder did the titles for #Charade and also worked on the credits for #DrNo! #BondConnection
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
There’s never any pesky kids in Bond films. #justsaying #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
I need to find this chic ski lodge. And live there. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
If Cary Grant says “do I know you” the answer is YES, YES, YES!#Charade
— Fussy (@MiddParent) November 28, 2013
The name “Peter Joshua” is a composite of the given names of director Stanley Donen’s two sons. #Charade
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
I fear I’ll lose followers but I’m not really much of an Audrey fan… I find her distant and hard to relate to. #charade #realtalk
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy) November 28, 2013
Hepburn is a smooth operator. That was a quick pick-up. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
Decor is French Provincial, circa 1945. #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
Tip for tweeting with #Charade: you might want to put a protector over your keyboard if you’re prone to drooling over clothes. Or Cary.
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
When one drawer closes, another opens. #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
Bring on the hot buttered rum! RT @Gayer_Than_Thou: I need to find this chic ski lodge. And live there. #Charade
— Betty Jane (@66Betty) November 28, 2013
Grant was initially offered the role of Bond, but he would only commit to one movie. He also thought he was too old for the role. #CHARADE
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
The 60s, when a public official could just keep his liquor bottles out on his desk. #charade
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy) November 28, 2013
#Charade She does have a lovely Modigliani neck. #Audrey
— Kerry (@echidnabot) November 28, 2013
The thing about #Charade, more than anything else, is Cary Grant. His perfect blend of elegance and humor.
— Fringe {Dennice} (@fringeoriginals) November 28, 2013
Even Cary’s shadow is handsome! #Charade
— Fussy (@MiddParent) November 28, 2013
Apparently, if I want a rich, shady husband, I need to get a job as a translator at the U.N. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
#Charade James Coburn alert! I love the lanky son of a gun.
— Kerry (@echidnabot) November 28, 2013
Funeral scenes don’t get better than the one in #Charade.
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy) November 28, 2013
James Coburn: the face that terrified a thousand ships. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
One of the things I love about this movie visually is the juxtaposition of grids and lines with circles and curves. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
This guy is like Lt. Garber’s better dressed younger brother. #CHARADE
— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) November 28, 2013
Another Bond connection: Cary Grant was actually the best man at Bond producer “Cubby” Broccoli’s wedding. #Charade pic.twitter.com/i6zQcTBxU1
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
“Why should I be in danger?” Because you’re eating a chicken sandwich that’s been sitting in a closet all day. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
I like to imagine that this is a prequel for Matthau’s character in Hopscotch. #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
I used to find Audrey Hepburn’s outfits in movies distracting. Then I saw TWO FOR THE ROAD. Now the rest look practically mundane. #Charade
— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) November 28, 2013
Ah, Punch and Judy: terrifying children for the entertainment of adults. #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
Welcome to the Kit Kat Klub! #WrongMovie #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
@MiddParent Every film set in France between 1959 and 1965 had to have puppet show child-reaction shots. #Charade
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy) November 28, 2013
This is nightclub entertainment? What’s next, bobbing for apples night? #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
Everyone get your oranges #Charade
— Imagine Art Talk (@arttalkimagine) November 28, 2013
I hope the participants will be able to enjoy the fruits of their labour. #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
To play this fruit game with Ned Glass is my nightmare. #Charade
— Fussy (@MiddParent) November 28, 2013
Audrey is unaware that you can blow out matches. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
Cary Grant strikes a very Bond pose in this still for #Charade. (Although Audrey is very un-Bond-girl-like IMO.) pic.twitter.com/SKV5XgjtJh
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
@NitrateDiva A young Audrey could have played Solitaire (jane seymour) perhaps?
— Miss Holly Golightly (@VeggieKazz) November 28, 2013
#Charade Notice how Cary just ignores the question about how he shaves in his dimple! #personal
— Fussy (@MiddParent) November 28, 2013
“How’d you like a spanking?” Well then. Let’s just settle on a safe word and get to it. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
Interviewer: “Everybody would like to be Cary Grant.” Cary Grant: “So would I.” #CHARADE
— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) November 28, 2013
She’s all Petered out. #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
Notice that the hallway isn’t a straight line. I think that’s intentional, given where the plot is. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
In this “proto-Bond” Cary’s character could use Q-branch! #charade
— Fussy (@MiddParent) November 28, 2013
#Charade CIO? And the AF of L, too. Is this a union caper?
— Kerry (@echidnabot) November 28, 2013
I always wear my big shades when I follow a man. Which is pretty often. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
I saw #Charade at an early age and pretty much decided to model my life on Audrey’s Hubert de Givenchy wardrobe. Without much luck.
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
Stanley Donen is still alive. We should have invited him to tweet along. #CHARADE
— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) November 28, 2013
I love the charming vanity of how Old Cary Grant uses his eyeglasses. #CHARADE
— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) November 28, 2013
When Audrey Hepburn met Cary Grant she spilled a bottle of wine on him. Seems I heard others were nervous & did things like that #Charade
— Imagine Art Talk (@arttalkimagine) November 28, 2013
#Charade He went for the extra super claw!
— Kerry (@echidnabot) November 28, 2013
@GregMcCambley NICE! A Bond reference….keep ’em coming @007hertzrumble will be so proud! #charade
— Fussy (@MiddParent) November 28, 2013
Cary’s like, “Big deal, dude. I’ve practically been up Lincoln’s nose.” #Charade
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
“Cut it out” is a poor choice of safe words. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
“They’ve got Jean-Louis…” And they want 250,000 or else they’ll RETURN him. #Charade
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
@Gayer_Than_Thou He only fell two stories or so! He’s tougher than that (the pavement only got a little dent). #charade
— Fussy (@MiddParent) November 28, 2013
Vintage Lufthansa flight bag has gotta be worth something on eBay. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
Thomas Chelimsky (Jean-Louis) did not pursue an acting career after #CHARADE I know. You’re shocked.
— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) November 28, 2013
Good Lord, that kid is as stupid as she is. #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
I’ve seen enough classic thrillers to not trust the ol’ “dead man in the tub” trick. #Charade
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy) November 28, 2013
No sir, Cary. This never happened to the other fella. #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
@NitrateDiva They don’t respond as well when I wear Givenchy, either. Go figure. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
@echidnabot “Don’t ask me. Ask Hubert de Givenchy.”
— Benjamin Dreγer (@BCDreyer) November 28, 2013
And, I love it when he showers in his suit. Totally adorable. “@NitrateDiva: Cary Grant’s hipster glasses rock my world. #Charade”
— Janet Somerville (@janetsomerville) November 28, 2013
If y’all like this Cary-Grant-showering-in-his-clothes-scene, don’t miss his bathing-in-absolutely-nothing scene in WALK DON’T RUN. #Charade
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
As God is my witness, if I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill, I will take a dinner cruise on the Seine. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
Those conical towers that you see/saw on the left are La Conciergerie, the fortress where Marie Antoinette was imprisoned. #Charade
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
Has the possibility that Audrey’s manic/depressive not entered Cary’s brain at all? #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
#Charade Uh oh. Guys in PJs don’t fare well in this.
— Kerry (@echidnabot) November 28, 2013
#Charade Peppermint flavored heroin. The favorite of junkies everywhere.
— Kerry (@echidnabot) November 28, 2013
@MiddParent *blah**blah**blah*Nuclear War*blah**blah**blah* #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
@janetsomerville True. It doesn’t even have enough coverage to count as a porn ‘stache.
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
I don’t trust this park. Too many children. #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
Here’s an interesting article on the #Charade stamps, their real-life counterparts, and their value: http://t.co/12nhFrRqXu
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
Wow, seems like Tex spent a lot of time reading the “Idiot” entry in Roget’s Thesaurus. #Charade
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
Jean-Louis is behind this? I knew it! #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
Jean-Louis acts at his own pace. #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
“Je suis occupé.” You will hear this A LOT in France. Usually when you’re in mortal danger. #Charade
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
#Charade Waiting for a werewolf. Ooops, wrong subway.
— Kerry (@echidnabot) November 28, 2013
@MiddParent And yet I see no cape. #Charade
— Kerry (@echidnabot) November 28, 2013
Ads are plastered on every surface, but somehow they seem more chic because they’re in French. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
I’ve never been to France, but I have had Funyuns. #CHARADE
— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) November 28, 2013
Where cinematic villains err is in explaining themselves. They should just kill and go away. #CHARADE
— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) November 28, 2013
No door in Paris has locks. #Charade #fact
— Patrick Goff (@p2wy) November 28, 2013
When watching movies like this, I often wonder: how far into it would I have gotten myself killed? I figure ten minutes, tops. #Charade
— Gayer Than Thou (@Gayer_Than_Thou) November 28, 2013
@willmckinley in that last shot it would be FEEEEEEEEEEEEELLIIIIIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX! #charade
— Fussy (@MiddParent) November 28, 2013
@willmckinley If you had to deal with a birdbrain like her, wouldn’t you be? #Charade
— Canucklehead (@GregMcCambley) November 28, 2013
@MiddParent No wonder I like you and your daughter so much.
— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) November 28, 2013
And Netflix thinks I want to watch “House of Cards” next. You’re not the boss of me, Netflix. #CHARADE
— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) November 28, 2013
Well, thank you for joining us for that edge-of-your-seat proto-Bond! Hope y’all had as much fun as I and @middparent did! #Charade
— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) November 28, 2013
Thanks to @007hertzrumble for the opportunity to co-host #charade w/ @NitrateDiva for the first ever “Proto-Bond”! Happy Thanksgiving!
— Fussy (@MiddParent) November 28, 2013